 After his time in the southeastern United States, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played keyboards for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s.After his work with Zappa, he joined the band Group 87 with Terry Bozzio, Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, and Patrick O'Hearn.Wolf composed music for the films "Neverending Story III", "Weekend at Bernie's II", "The Hollywood Sign", and "Nutcracker and Mouse King", which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.